Congrats to all of this year's winners for the 2019 Drama Desk Awards. This has been one amazing season for New York Theater (ON, OFF, and OFF-OFF BROADWAY). Some of the winning shows include…

The Prom (winning the big award for OUTSTANDING MUSICAL),

The Ferryman on Broadway (winning all 4 of its catagogries including OUTSTANDING PLAY),

The Waverly Gallery (winning all 2 of its categories for both OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY and OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY (for Elaine May),

The Cher Show (winning 3 including OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (for Stephanie J. Block) and OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN (for Bob Mackie),

Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish (winning the big Award for OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL),

Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Kiss Me Kate (winning 1 for OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRPHY),

Tootsie The Musical (winning 4 including OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY (for Santino Fontana), OUTSTANDING MUSIC, & OUTSTANDING LYRICS (both for David Yazbek),

Hadestown (winning 4 including OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (for the legendary Andre DeShields) and OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL (for Rachel Chavkin),

and more.

The Drama Desk Awards are considered as the Golden Globes for Theatre honoring the best of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway artists. They are voted for each year by theater critics, journalists, editors, and publishers that cover New York theater news.

Which shows you most excited for?

2019 Drama Desk Awards – Full List!

In the past few weeks, we've watched the nominations roll in. Today the final crop of nominees have been revealed, all leading to next week's ultimate announcement- the 2019 Tony nominations.

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